Robbers assault clerk at recycling center

Two armed men pistol-whipped a clerk before they robbed a recycling facility in Egger Highlands on Monday night, police said.

The robbers entered the One Earth Recycling facility on Saturn Boulevard near Palm Avenue around 6:32 p.m. wearing black hooded sweatshirts with the hoods up, police said. The men pointed their guns at the clerk, had him lie on the floor and hit him in the head with a gun. They stole an undetermined amount of money and then ran away.